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...Connell as the inebriated Quaker aunt in Oh, Boy! Best eccentric dance: Mia Dillon for her daft balloon ballet in Music in the Air. Best orchestrations: John McGlinn for Leave It to Jane. Best book and lyrics: Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse for Oh, Lady! Lady! Best composer: Jerome Kern, for all of the above...
...even if they did not boast some unforgettable songs: I've Told Every Little Star, Till the Clouds Roll By, Bill, The Song Is You, We Belong Together, dozens more. But the music is precisely the reason these delightful shows have returned to the spotlight. For this is Jerome Kern's centenary, which has cued a celebration that promises to last all year and spill over national borders...
...into withdrawl if I'm not with my bike," said Deborah L. Kern '86 at the rally in October. Another participant said cyclists have been "very rudely treated by the MBIA" Their protest represented one of many problems local cyclists encounter each day, Although bicycle racks are a common sight across campus, students cannot ride their bikes in the Yard. Thefts remain a problem. And the congested Cambridge traffic always naakes riding dangerous...
...collaborations with George, and with a host of other composers including Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Kurt Weill and Vernon Duke, Ira could write lyrics that appeared clumsy or cliched; he could skip or cram syllables into a melodic line. But no lyricist used slang phrases earlier or as cleverly; none devised catchier titles; nobody got to the dramatic point faster than Ira. One reason so many Gershwin songs are so memorable is that Ira punched through the theme in the first few words ("They're writing songs of love,/ But not for me"). And in at least one song...
...dazzling film starts again. By curtain fall, only a few are left, raptly watching the screen. Along the way there are some hard nudges-too many bumping shoulders, for instance. Nor is the work well served by Morton Gould's empty variations on the Jerome Kern song. But when I'm Old Fashioned takes itself lightly, which is often enough, it becomes the fantasy of every man who has ever put on a dinner jacket and asked a woman to dance...